Covenant Definition

kŭvə-nənt
covenants
noun
covenants
A binding and solemn agreement to do or keep from doing a specified thing; compact.
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An agreement among members of a church to defend and maintain its doctrines, polity, and faith.
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An agreement of Presbyterians in Scotland in 1638 to oppose episcopacy.
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An agreement between the parliaments of Scotland and England in 1643 to extend and preserve Presbyterianism.
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A suit for damages for violation of such a contract.
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verb
covenants
To promise by a covenant.
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To make a covenant.
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(law) To bind oneself in contract.

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Noun

Singular:
covenant
Plural:
covenants

Origin of Covenant

  • From Middle English, from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniens (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from present participle of convenir to agree convene

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Covenant Sentence Examples

  • A covenant " runs with the land " if it relates either to a thing in esse, which is part and parcel of the demise, e.g.

  • For their government the settlers adopted (1639) a plantation covenant.

  • The story of the " exodus " is that of the religious birth of " Israel," joined by covenant with the national god Yahweh' whose aid in times of peril and need ' On the name see Jehovah, Tetragrammaton.

  • In view of these provisions, Garrison, adopting a bold scriptural figure of speech, denounced the constitution as "a covenant with death and an agreement with hell," and chose as his motto, "No union with slaveholders."

  • The first "godly band" is dated December 1557; but more important is the covenant of 1581, drawn up by John Craig in consequence of the strenuous efforts which the Roman Catholics were making to regain their hold upon Scotland, and called the King's Confession or National Covenant.

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